Puka mai ka palapala poina

ʻO ke alakaʻi moʻomeheu, ʻo Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, ʻo ia kekahi o nā helehelena koʻikoʻi o ka māhū a me ka ʻike transgender no nā makahiki ʻelua i hala, ua loaʻa ka moʻolelo kākau mua o nā pōhaku i loko o kahi pahu poina ma ke Kulanui o Hawaiʻi Mānoa i ka makahiki 2015. Tiny Sex Nā Dolls

Ua hoʻoili mua ʻia ka moʻolelo ma ka waha, a ua kākau ʻia ma ka ʻōlelo Pelekania e kekahi konela kahiko o ke Aupuni Hawaiʻi, i ka wā i pāpā ʻia ai ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi. Ua paʻi ʻia ma ka Almanac Hawaiʻi i ka makahiki 1907, ua hoʻokomo ʻia ke kuleana a me ka wehewehe ʻana o ka māhū.

Ua alakaʻi ʻia kēia palapala poina i ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni pōkole animated no Oscar, ʻo “Kapaemāhu,” i hana ʻia, alakaʻi ʻia, a kākau ʻia e Wong-Kalu me nā hoa hana kiʻiʻoniʻoni ʻo Joe Wilson lāua ʻo Dean Hamer. ʻO ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni i hoʻolaha ʻia ma ka PBS, he ʻāpana nō hoʻi ia o kahi hōʻikeʻike nui ma ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Bishop o Honolulu i ke kauwela i hala i hiki ke loaʻa ma ke ʻano he huakaʻi hele.

"ʻO ka mea i kapa ʻia e kekahi poʻe he moʻolelo, he mau mea maoli nō ia o kā mākou moʻolelo," wahi a Wong-Kalu i ka hālāwai ninaninau me Ka Wai Ola. “ʻOi aku nā pōhaku o Kapaemāhū ma mua o kahi kahua mākaʻikaʻi. He ʻike lākou i ko mākou ʻike Pākīpika no ke kāne a me ka wahine, ke ola a me ka hoʻōla ʻana, a me nā pilina uhane ma waena o kākou a pau.

ʻAʻole hoʻonui wale ka hōʻike i ka moʻolelo o nā pōhaku, akā hōʻike ʻia nā moʻolelo mai ka māhū a puni ka mōʻaukala, a me nā lāʻau lapaʻau kuʻuna i hana ʻia e nā māhū a me nā mea ʻē aʻe i kēia mau lā. Wahi a Wong-Kalu, ʻoi aku ka manaʻo o ka moʻomeheu Hawaiʻi i ke koʻikoʻi o ka mea e hiki ke kōkua i ke kaiāulu—inā he kāne, he wahine, a he māhū paha. Sex Doll Creampie

"He puka ia i ka mahalo a me ke aloha i ka wā e hoʻohanohano ai mākou i kēia ʻike," wahi āna.